CHEBOYGAN — Senior Jake Blaskowski and his Cheboygan basketball teammates know how it feels to be on the bad end of a blowout.

It's not fun at all.

They've experienced a few this year, as bad shooting has haunted the Chiefs throughout the season.

This time around, though, things were very different against the DeTour Raiders.

For the first time perhaps all season, the Chiefs caught fire in the second half —and the Raiders could do nothing about it.

The Chiefs erupted for 30 points in the third quarter, opened up a monster lead and never looked back in a 77-42 non-conference victory on Wednesday night.

On a night where everybody available to play scored, the Chiefs (6-11) were led by a game-high 16 points from senior Kegan Comps, while junior Sam Schneider was terrific off the bench, delivering a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

"It's definitely pretty nice to see us get on the right end of one of these blowouts," said Blaskowski, who finished with 11 points, including two made 3-pointers. "Sam (Schneider) played really great tonight, and it was just good to see everybody get in the game and get significant minutes tonight.

"I know (our shooting) hasn't been the greatest, but a win like tonight is a big confidence booster."

After struggling with shooting all season, the Chiefs flipped the script in the third, using a 30-5 scoring advantage to take a 62-27 lead going into the fourth.

Cheboygan seniors — Blaskowski, Comps, Max Klinger and Connor Dykehouse — all knocked down threes during the stretch to cap off a 14-1 run and build the lead to 46-23.

"You know kids have the capability of making shots," said Cheboygan coach Rick Swiderek, whose squad also finished 13-of-16 from the free throw line, which has been a struggle. "I know we had four different kids make a three in the third quarter. We played last Friday and haven't practiced since, so that was a little tough coming back, and I thought it took us a while to get us into the flow of the game. The first five minutes of that third quarter was probably the best basketball we've played. We had guys who have the capability to make shots, but sometimes they just don't go in.

"That was the most fun part, getting to see all the kids get in, because they come to practice every day and work hard. Some shots finally fell for them, so that was good to see."

"I thought we shared the ball really well tonight," Swiderek said. "I thought Sam (Schneider) played really well. He uses his body pretty well. He shot the ball extremely well. It was a great lift for us."

Josh Marino and Avery Bury both finished with three and two points respectively for the Chiefs, who hope to shoot the ball just as well at home against St. Ignace on Friday.

"You hope it does carry over," Swiderek said. "You don't think about it, you just shoot it when you're open. I think that was a good start to things. Hopefully things will keep flowing. The competition is going to get tougher. St Ignace is a big game because it's a league game for us, our last league game, so we'd like to finish that strong. Hopefully we can build off this."

Cheboygan played without senior starter Adam Danks, who was out due to injury.

Alex Richwine led DeTour with 10 points.

In the junior varsity game, Ethan Kujawa scored 12 points to lead Cheboygan to a 63-49 victory over DeTour.

Also for Cheboygan, David Millmine had 11 points, Mikie Swiderek had 10, Cody Jewell had nine, Ryley Vancil and Jacob Stempky each had five, Noah Demers had four, Robert Bruce, Cody Borowicz and Jacob Grondin each had two, and Dakota Ridings had one.

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